How do I transfer home directory content to new user home directory?

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athoma00

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I setup computer originally with local account and installed many applications and setup email preferences and etc. Then I chose to bind computer to active directory and login using active directory username. These created new home directory on computer. How can I transfer all the contents of original home directory into new active directory user home directory?

I tried logging in as using 'root' account and copying all the content from one home directory into the new home directory but when I login with active directory user I still get default home directory content.

I running OS X 10.4.7 on MacBook Pro.

Thanks for any help offered with this.

Aaron
 
Though I'm still new to the mac setup, who owns the files you copied? The new user or the old?

Is the AD account a roaming profile?
 
I was able to solve the problem by logging in with 'root' account and using terminal session to change ownership of the files using 'chown' command.

I used 'cd' command to navigate to active directory users home folder. Then used the following command.

chown -R <AD user shortname> /Users/<AD user shortname>

This solved everything.

Thanks!
 
yep that's what I was leading to. I'm not sure with a BSD machine, but you might want to do a chown -Rh in future. The h prevents chown changing ownerships of what's at the other end of a symlink. It's just safer.
 
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